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Subject: [DBY] DERBY TUP
Date: Fri, 12 May 2000 13:27:15 EDT
As my mum's family was the one that came from Derbyshire I emailed her and
here is the reply:
DERBY TUP as far as I remember it as a child.
Start of the (mummers) visit to all the local hostelries begins as follows....
Here comes me and our old lass, short o money, and short o brass,
Give us a pint and let us sup, and then we ll show you our old Tup.
Now the play begins, with appropriate actions.
As I was going to Derby, upon a market day,
I met the finest Tup, sir that ever was laid on hay,
(Chorus sounds like Hay o lay, nanny go lay)
And all the women in Derby were begging for his ears,
To make a pair of aprons, for they were apron size, (chorus)
And all the kids in Derby were begging for his eyes
To make a pair of footballs, for they were football size (chorus)
And all the cops in Derby were begging for his tail,
To ring the passing bell that hangs in Derby jail. {chorus)
Then the hat is passed round, and the next establishment is visited.
My surnames are still; Arthur CRESSWELL (pork butcher in Bakewell) father
John
CRESSWELL (deputy colliery manager? where?) married in 1892 to Sarah Ann
HIGGINBOTTOM (born in Bakewell) daughter of Thomas Wilson HIGGINBOTTOM (many
different spellings!) (born in Ashford) and Jane BRIDDON (born in Bakewell).
Edward EDWARDS (coal miner, son of Robert EDWARDS coal miner) born I think in
Denbigh Wales and therefore a stray living in Old Brampton just before his
marriage in 1893 to Eliza FEARN of Cotteril Lane, Brimington daughter of John
FEARN coal miner.
Any and all help gratefully anticipated. Sara (named after Sarah Ann)
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